A group of extremely talented performers from Mike Myers to Chris Rock and Adam Sandler rose to prominence in the 1990s. Some of the funniest comedies of the 90s starred actors "saturday night live».
10 Tommy Lump (1995)
Chris Farley was close to all his fellowSNL , but possibly with David Spade. The duo teamed up to createTommy Boya , a tale of a slacker's attempts to save the family business with the help of an arrogant accountant after his father's death.
Farley and Spade's chemistry proved so exciting that they got back together for yet another comedy.Black Sheep but it was nowhere near as well received asTommy boy .
9. Wedding Singer (1998)
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have made several romcoms together over the years, but their most memorable collaboration is their first."Wedding Singer" .
Sandler plays the lead wedding singer, while Barrymore plays the bride he falls in love with."Wedding Singer" is one of Sandler's sweetest and most candid films.
8 Analyze It (1999)
In Harold Ramis' filmAnalyze it"main the role of Billy Crystal (who was the hostSNL before becoming a cast member) plays a psychiatrist and Robert De Niro, a mob boss he befriends after an unfortunate chance encounter.
Co-authored with Ramis andManchester Kenneth Lonerganfrom sea , Analyze This is a delightfully dark comedy game. LegendSNL Molly Shannon also plays a minor role.
7. Dogma (1999)
Kevin Smith's controversial but passionate religious satire"Dogma" stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the height of their fame"Good will" are a pair of fallen angels who discover a loophole that can bring them back to Heaven.
Since the success of their plan will prove that God is fallible and will call into question all of existence, everyone in the universe is determined to stop them. actorsSNL Chris Rock and Janeane Garofalo appear alongside icons such as Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman and George Carlin in the film's stellar ensemble cast.
6 Rushmore Academy (1998)
Wes Anderson wrote the role of industrialist Herman Blum in his second filmRushmore, referring to Bill Murray, but did not expect him to take it. Murray read the script and was so impressed with Anderson's vision that he not only took on the role; Since then, he has appeared in all of Anderson's films.
Murray stars alongside Jason Schwartzman, who plays Bloom's stunning 15-year-old friend Max Fisher, and Olivia Williams, who plays the school teacher they both fall in love with.
5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Mike Myers made the producers of 007 reconsider their strategy after he satirized all the tropes and traditions of the Bond franchise in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery . Myers' hysterical title character mixes Bond style with '60s swing culture.
Myers also plays the villainous Dr. Evil, an accurate riff about megalomaniac Bond villains and Will Ferrell fromSNL appears in a small role as one of his henchmen.
4. Everyone is crazy about Mary (1998)
The Farrelly brothers brought their distinctly raw comedic sensibility to the love story with"Something About Mary". Cameron Diaz plays the "great" girl Mary, and Ben Stiller plays her high school prom, who wants to reconnect with her. Unfortunately for him, nearly every freak in America - including the private investigator he hired to find her - is obsessed with Mary.
SNL actor Chris Elliott plays Stiller's harmless married friend who turns out to be Mary's most dangerous stalker.
3. Groundhog Day (1993)
Bill Murray lives the same day over and over again"Groundhog Day" . He plays Phil Connors, a television meteorologist who gets stuck over and over again in his most painfully mundane assignment, covering Punxsutawney's Groundhog Day celebration.
After the initial hilarity subsides and he realizes that the time loop will prevent him from killing himself, Phil finds a new purpose in his life when he falls in love with his producer, Rita (Andie MacDowell). Chris Elliott also appears in this film as Phil's cinematographer.
2. Lucky Gilmore (1996)
While Adam Sandler's breakthrough hit wasBilly Madison , his first true classic - and the film that cemented his status as a comedic superstar - was "Happy Gilmore" .
Sandler plays the main character, a hot hockey player whose grandmother is kicked out of the house. When he realizes that his aggressive hockey tactics could be transferred to the golf course, Happy enters the tournament in hopes of using the prize money to buy out his grandmother's house.
1 Wayne's World (1992)
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey introduced the world to Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar for the first time in a recurring sketchSNL , but the subsequent film adaptation showed viewers their lives outside of the public show"Wayne's World" .
"Wayne's World" with many breakthroughs into the fourth walls and without regard for realismdelivers lots of fun. As well as"The Blues Brothers" this is one of the few true classic feature-length comedies adapted from sketchesSNL .
